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Roots' Leadership Support for Academic and Tech Innovation
The Roots' executive team provides support for innovation in order to focus teachers on execution with students.
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation Discusses Use of Google Apps
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation, Jill Tew, shares the importance of Google Apps to Root's instructional and operational model. Transcript: Jill Tew: I think Google and its kind of skeleton will always make sense for us as kind of the...
Teacher Discusses How She Modifies Her Time to Meet Students' Needs at Roots
Roots teacher, Lecksy Wolk, shares how she prioritizes small-group instruction time given competing needs and demands within a personalized learning environment. Transcript: Lecksy Wolk: I divide based on what I think kids need the most. So,...
Roots Executive Director Provides an Overview of Creation of Schedules
Roots ED and Founder, Jonathan Hanover, shares the process for scheduling student and teacher time.Transcript: Jon Hanover: we built an app that basically allows our habits of success coaches in partnership with scholars to basically plan out their...
Student Example: Generating Real Time Data at LPS
Student Example: Generating Real Time Data at LPS. LPS initially built and tested their Academic Numeracy course in Google Sheets, and many of those practices have been captured as Blended and Personalized Learning Strategies. LPS has worked with...
Instructional Modifications for English Learners at Lindsay
Teacher Marla Earnest explains how she modifies learning activities to support English language learners.Transcript: Marla Earnest: It depends on the kid. It depends on what level they're working on. But let's take a newcomer, for example, a learner...
Supports for Pacing
Multiple structures have been created to allow Learners who are behind pace to catch up.
Options for Students Off-Pace at Lindsay
Brandy Quintero,a Lindsay teacher, discusses ways she can intervene to get a student back on pace.Transcript: Brandy Quintero: If it is a lazy issue, then we have after school. We contact parents; we let them know. And like one teacher – two English...
Personalized Playlists at Lindsay
Teacher Marla Earnest explains how personalized learning playlists are created in Empower. Transcript: Marla Earnest: They use Empower, the program I was telling you about earlier. And Empower has a playlist set up in it. And that...
Summit Personalized Learning: Norms for Self-Directed Learning
Summit has developed a series of resources for teachers, including norms for self-directed personalized learning time (PLT). You can find the complete list, along with additional resources, on pages 3 and 4 of the link (titled "Step 1"), and below...
Teacher Ongoing Data Use
Teachers review assessment and activity data to inform check-ins and support.